Oh right, that whole thing.Hey Joe, can you kindly debate as if the security of Europe depends on it? Because it does.
Guess I'll be going to sleep with extra palpitations tonight.
Oh right, that whole thing.Hey Joe, can you kindly debate as if the security of Europe depends on it? Because it does.
Unfortunately its not that easy, when people think of another candidate instead of Biden, they don't picture anyone in particular, they just have a vague idea in mind of someone that would check most of their box. But once you actually have to pick someone, it gets a lot harder, most other candidate don't have the name recognition of Biden and are untested. Not to mention picking a new candidate tend to drive people away, especially among st the "holier than thou" lefty, cue back to when Sanders was defeated and some of his supporter vowed to not vote. its easy to say they should have switched, but that would not guarantee it would have worked.Have fun watching your country sink into the abyss because of your loyalty to a dithering old man.
Oh I know, but hey, might as well enjoy it seeing as we're utterly powerless to stop it, and the ones in power are too stubborn or evil to use their power positively.Unfortunately its not that easy, when people think of another candidate instead of Biden, they don't picture anyone in particular, they just have a vague idea in mind of someone that would check most of their box. But once you actually have to pick someone, it gets a lot harder, most other candidate don't have the name recognition of Biden and are untested. Not to mention picking a new candidate tend to drive people away, especially among st the "holier than thou" lefty, cue back to when Sanders was defeated and some of his supporter vowed to not vote. its easy to say they should have switched, but that would not guarantee it would have worked.
Anyway, I really wish the USA was just some unimportant country and I could just shake my head as people vote for a wannabe dictator who's too lazy to even write his mein kampf and instead need his toady do it. But the USA is really a "too big to fail" country and this is really going to drag down the entire world (and thats the optimistic scenario).
Oh and while that shit is going, the supreme court is also stripping out a ton of important rights away.
It's almost as if you don't like democracy.Oh I know, but hey, might as well enjoy it seeing as we're utterly powerless to stop it, and the ones in power are too stubborn or evil to use their power positively.
Trump's likely to become president again, Europe is going far-right... The world can eat a giant shit-stained dick for all I care right now.
I don't like Trump becoming president again, and Europe becoming far-right, therefor I don't like democracy? How does that make sense? Just because I like democracy I should like every outcome that is decided through democratic elections? That's really fucking stupid, you know that, right?It's almost as if you don't like democracy.
Well while Trump will almost certainly win the presidency, Biden will almost certainly win the popular vote, so its not quite democracy.It's almost as if you don't like democracy.
Well, when you say "The world can eat a giant shit-stained dick for all I care right now", it doesn't seem like you really respect other people's opinions.I don't like Trump becoming president again, and Europe becoming far-right, therefor I don't like democracy? How does that make sense? Just because I like democracy I should like every outcome that is decided through democratic elections? That's really fucking stupid, you know that, right?
Not all opinions are equal and deserve equal respect.Well, when you say "The world can eat a giant shit-stained dick for all I care right now", it doesn't seem like you really respect other people's opinions.
If that's their opinion, then no, no I don't.Well, when you say "The world can eat a giant shit-stained dick for all I care right now", it doesn't seem like you really respect other people's opinions.
"Respect" can mean different things depending on context. One example can be "I respect you (as an equal)" another can be "I respect you (as a superior)".Well, when you say "The world can eat a giant shit-stained dick for all I care right now", it doesn't seem like you really respect other people's opinions.
I agree.Unfortunately its not that easy, when people think of another candidate instead of Biden, they don't picture anyone in particular, they just have a vague idea in mind of someone that would check most of their box. But once you actually have to pick someone, it gets a lot harder, most other candidate don't have the name recognition of Biden and are untested. Not to mention picking a new candidate tend to drive people away, especially among st the "holier than thou" lefty, cue back to when Sanders was defeated and some of his supporter vowed to not vote. its easy to say they should have switched, but that would not guarantee it would have worked.
Also good points.I watched minutes of the debate, but as soon as I saw Biden talk, I closed the tab on my browser. I get why Biden isn't on Adderall (It has side effects), but they shouldn't have had the debate in the first place. We have ambassadors who are totally unqualified to be one, and that's fine because their only job is public relations. The chief diplomat is the most important person in the embassy. We don't need solo strongmen as presidents who don't listen to other people's advice. Biden isn't the most important person in his administration just like Trump didn't care about the day-to-day affairs of his administration, and watched lots of of Fox News, played golf, and ate fast food. The most important people in Biden's administration are Blinken, Yellen, and his secretaries/admin. officers.
Relative to other places, sure. Relative to a pandemic, sure. Relative to the USA in 2019, absolutely not. There are multiple major conflicts across the world that the US is giving support to that were stable before Biden, there are genuine problems with immigration that are getting worse, genuine problems with drugs that are getting worse, housing and car prices that are often literally double what they were 5 years ago, and civil unrest in every major city and university. My favorite demonstration of how good things got before covid is the BLM timeline: they rose to prominence under Obama and were highly active at the start of Trump's term, but by 2019, they just stopped. The wikipedia article on BLM just skips the year 2019 in their timeline. Things were so good, nobody was protesting.and things are going relatibely well for the USA.
Not all opinions are equal and deserve equal respect.
This isn't kindergarten.
If that's their opinion, then no, no I don't.
Again, why does that mean I don't like democracy?
If one finds the majority's opinion to be so awful that they don't understand and respect it and actively hate it, then how can one be pro-democracy? Obviously, you then would have to think democracy doesn't work, would you not?"Respect" can mean different things depending on context. One example can be "I respect you (as an equal)" another can be "I respect you (as a superior)".
"Respect other people's opinions" can just mean respect of their right to have different opinions, while disdaining what those opinions happen to be.
Because the democratic mechanism can make sure that the opinions of other people have a minimal impact on you personally and because alternative types of rulership can legitimize actions that mean that the people with awful opinions have their will enforced.If one finds the majority's opinion to be so awful that they don't understand and respect it and actively hate it, then how can one be pro-democracy? Obviously, you then would have to think democracy doesn't work, would you not?
No.If one finds the majority's opinion to be so awful that they don't understand and respect it and actively hate it, then how can one be pro-democracy? Obviously, you then would have to think democracy doesn't work, would you not?